Very much a day of sorting out the house – first rule of house sitting, make sure the house looks ‘similar’, or at least ‘familiar’ to the one the owners left! Starting the day off with the usual dog walks, the red lab and I went for a decent wonder across the fields and around…

Tomorrow the owners of our little charges return, and Annabel and I are pondering the next move. We have a few choices, and the lovely thing is we can stay in Oakhanger for at least a few more days, giving us plenty of flexibility to decide on the next location. So today was the usual…

No idea where the word comes from, but it describes the day aptly – I used the word when describing how a dessert looked on a well known cooking program – the dessert looked random, unplanned and chaotic – Annabel disagreed, but that’s democracy for you….!!? Karma strikes perhaps, but TittyTatty is how today has…

Sunday and we all woke up at a lazy hour. Easy breakfast and two minutes silence observed, even by the dogs – we then all drifted off to The Vyne, a Tudor National Trust building on the outskirts of Basingstoke. Walking in the footsteps of Henry VIII, we all explored this beautiful red bricked building…

Annabel POV – Saturday kicked off with a check up at the vets – all going well. While David headed out for a pedal with one of the guests, I got on with the last of the food prep for lunch for 14. Helped all the way by a superb sus chef. Guests all tumbled…

Friday morning brought a fabulous rainbow to start the day. We’d all had a well deserved lie in. With guests arriving later in the day. Preparations for copious meals started. David returned to Oakhanger in time to say hi and bye to my tea guests. Little dog was well and truly back to normal –…

We heard an owl hooting as we all finally drifted off to sleep last night. Sleep was fitful with a poorly dog. Waking at about 5 to make sure she was okay. A trip to the vets as soon as they opened, confirmed the need for a few stitches. The other dog got a sunny…

Another day of sorting bits out for the house sale and catching up with a few jobs around Liskeard. The most exciting thing, (for me) during the day was getting ten minutes at Liskeard station. As the railway signalling is being upgraded, a bus replacement service is running between Liskeard and St Austell, which meant…

It’s always interesting when you go away for a while, and then come back to a town you are so familiar with. I did find myself feeling a stranger, yet the fact I was working in the same old way, made me feel like nothing had changed. I had a job installing a computer in…

Today came news about the house – with fingers crossed we are making progress on the sale, so decisions had to be made – the decision being that I would return to Liskeard to complete the last few things, and Annabel would remain with the dogs – so this is going to be a short…